Zeta gang leader Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, one of Mexico's 24 most-wanted drug traffickers arrested

Mexican police on Wednesday arrested suspected Zeta gang leader Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, one of Mexico's 24 most-wanted drug traffickers.Sauceda Gamboa appears on a list of 24 alleged drug traffickers published by prosecutors in March. Authorities have offered rewards of up to $2.1 million for each...

Jose Ramirez Jr., 31, was arrested Thursday on a charge of manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance

Jose Ramirez Jr., 31, was arrested Thursday on a charge of manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance in Penalty Group 1 over 4 grams and under 200 grams in a drug-free zone, Wichita County court documents showed. Ramirez’s bond was set at $200,000 and he was in the Wichita County Jail Friday.According to the affidavit:Officers with the Wichita Falls Police Department’s Organized Crime Unit and...

Carlton Brown, 51, had been out on licence since October, when officers found two wraps of cocaine in a car he was driving.

Carlton Brown, 51, had been out on licence since October, when officers found two wraps of cocaine in a car he was driving. Brown, who lives at the Stoneham Housing Association in Queens Road, Watford, was pulled over by police in London Road, St Albans, on Tuesday, March 24. After a search of the vehicle, police found just over two grams of the class A drug. Brown admitted it was his and pleaded...

Yorgo Zero who fled to the UK has been jailed after he was caught dealing crack cocaine and heroin.

Yorgo Zero who fled to the UK has been jailed after he was caught dealing crack cocaine and heroin.Undercover police trapped Yorgo Zero, 26, during Operation Grassland – one of the UK's biggest ever operations to snare drug dealers.Zero, who sought refuge here in 2000, was jailed for four-and-a-half...

Peter Kelly, aged 30, of Woodland Walk, Castlefield, admitted three counts of supplying heroin and cocaine in November.

Peter Kelly, aged 30, of Woodland Walk, Castlefield, admitted three counts of supplying heroin and cocaine in Novemb...

Aaron Kelly, aged 27, of Woodland Walk, Castlefield, admitted five counts of supplying heroin and cocaine in November and December.

Aaron Kelly, aged 27, of Woodland Walk, Castlefield, admitted five counts of supplying heroin and cocaine in November and Decemb...

John Waring, aged 31, of Woodland Walk, Runcorn, admitted three counts of supplying heroin in September.

John Waring, aged 31, of Woodland Walk, Runcorn, admitted three counts of supplying heroin in Septemb...

Darren Hall, aged 24, of Bamford Close, Runcorn, admitted three counts of supplying heroin in September and December.

Darren Hall, aged 24, of Bamford Close, Runcorn, admitted three counts of supplying heroin in September and Decemb...

Paul Cashen, aged 21, of Wavertree, admitted nine counts of supplying heroin and cocaine during October

Paul Cashen, aged 21, of Wavertree, admitted nine counts of supplying heroin and cocaine during Octo...

Roy Taggart, aged 44, of Speke, admitted 11 counts of supplying heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine in September and October.

Roy Taggart, aged 44, of Speke, admitted 11 counts of supplying heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine in September and Octob...

Eamon Tierney, aged 42, ofWindmill Hill, admitted four counts of supplying heroin and cocaine on October 7.

Eamon Tierney, aged 42, ofWindmill Hill, admitted four counts of supplying heroin and cocaine on October...

Peter Fortune, aged 22, of Old Sawn, admitted four counts of supplying heroin and cocaine in October.

Peter Fortune, aged 22, of Old Sawn, admitted four counts of supplying heroin and cocaine in Octob...

Connor Hart, aged 19, from Liverpool, admitted 10 counts of supplying heroin and cocaine between September and November.

Connor Hart, aged 19, from Liverpool, admitted 10 counts of supplying heroin and cocaine between September and Novemb...

Bernard Shaw, aged 44, of Frodsham, admitted 10 counts of supplying heroin and cocaine between October and November.

Bernard Shaw, aged 44, of Frodsham, admitted 10 counts of supplying heroin and cocaine between October and Novemb...

Gary Worsley, aged 47, of Cambridge Street, Widnes, admitted one count of supplying heroin on August 4.

Gary Worsley, aged 47, of Cambridge Street, Widnes, admitted one count of supplying heroin on August...

Lisa Wardle, aged 28, of Wavertree, admitted two counts of supplying cocaine and heroin on July 17.

Lisa Wardle, aged 28, of Wavertree, admitted two counts of supplying cocaine and heroin on July ...

Georgina Grant, aged 46, of Levens Way, Widnes, admitted one count of supplying cocaine on August 13.

Georgina Grant, aged 46, of Levens Way, Widnes, admitted one count of supplying cocaine on August ...

Paul Geddes, aged 26, of Wavertree, admitted eight counts of supplying heroin and cocaine between July and August.

Paul Geddes, aged 26, of Wavertree, admitted eight counts of supplying heroin and cocaine between July and Augu...

David Mufford, 44, from Devon, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to supply

David Mufford, 44, from Devon, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to supply at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, in the Irish Republic. The 1.9 tonnes of cocaine, worth about 675 million euros (£610m), were recovered off the Irish coast in 2007. Mufford, of Clennon Lane, Torquay, will be sentenced on 8 May with Philip Doo, from Brixham, Devon, and Christopher Wiggins, from Malaga, Spain....

Eric Leal, 29, of the 11000 block of Vista del Sol, was arrested

Eric Leal, 29, of the 11000 block of Vista del Sol, was arrested April 17 in a bar's parking lot at 1709 Saul Kleinfeld Drive on charges of possession of cocaine, two family violence warrants and 11 outstanding traffic warrants.Police approached Leal while he was sitting in a vehicle. He was arrested on the warrants and police later found 26 baggies of cocaine weighing 14 gra...

Ryan Falvey, 19, of the 1900 block of Paseo Rio, was arrested

Ryan Falvey, 19, of the 1900 block of Paseo Rio, was arrested about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Circle K store at 11701 Montwood. Police said they found him in possession of 14.1 grams of the drug. Falvey was arrested on charges of possession of cocaine and manufacture delivery of controlled substan...

Nicholaus Searles on three counts of dealing a schedule IV substance charged with one count is a Class A felony

Nicholaus Searles made his initial appearance Friday in La Porte Circuit Court on three counts of dealing a schedule IV substance. One count is a Class A felony, which in Indiana is punishable by anywhere from a 20- to 50-year sentence.According to court documents, Searles is accused of selling heroin on three occasions beginning Aug. 19, 2008, in the 700 block of Jackson Street. Police said he helped...

Daniel Rendon-Herrera, known by the alias "Don Mario," was charged with conspiring to support the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia

Daniel Rendon-Herrera, known by the alias "Don Mario," was charged with conspiring to support the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC) rightist paramilitary group, which the U.S. State Department has designated a foreign terrorist organization. He also was charged with conspiring to import thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States.Acting U.S. Attorney Lev Dassin unsealed the grand...

Benito Hernandez organization bought the narcotic along the Mexican border, transport it in vehicles to Williamson County and sell it

Benito Saucedo Hernandez bought the narcotic along the Mexican border, transport it in vehicles to Williamson County and sell it to local distributors, authorities said. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Greg Thrash said law enforcement officials had known of Hernandez's organization for several...

Philip Doo, 52, and Christopher Wiggins, 42, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply of cocaine from South America

Philip Doo, 52, and Christopher Wiggins, 42, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply of cocaine from South America believed to be worth more than 650 million euro (£580 million).Doo, from Devon, and Wiggins, based in the Costa del Sol in Spain, pleaded guilty at a brief hearing in Cork Circuit Criminal Court.The pair were detained after Irish navy, gardai and customs swooped on the 60ft...

Ian Maynard, 32, Kevin Anthony Campbell, 23, Mark Anthony Holmes, 22, and Paul Matthew Burke, 23,convicted

Ian Maynard, 32, Kevin Anthony Campbell, 23, Mark Anthony Holmes, 22, and Paul Matthew Burke, 23, All four admitted conspiring to supply Class A, B and C drugs – cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis – at Teesside Crown Court yesterday. More than £300,000 worth of drugs, along with a steel press, a sawn-off shotgun and cartridges, kilos of bulking agents and drugs paraphernalia were seized in Middlesbrough...

Joan Polanco, 23, of 261 Riverdale Ave. in Yonkers and Juan Santos, 35, of 934 Ogden Ave. in the Bronx, were arrested.

Joan Polanco, 23, of 261 Riverdale Ave. in Yonkers and Juan Santos, 35, of 934 Ogden Ave. in the Bronx, were arrested.traffic stop on Riverdale Avenue last night led members of the Yonkers Street Crime Unit to an apartment with $37,000 worth of heroin, police said.Police recovered 2,450 glassine envelopes of heroin, $7,000 in cash, and drug packaging material, police said.Police gave this account:Officers...

Daniel Rendon Herrera, alias "Don Mario", was surrounded and arrested in the jungles of northern Antioquia province

Daniel Rendon Herrera, alias "Don Mario", was surrounded and arrested in the jungles of northern Antioquia province, from where his gang smuggled tonnes of cocaine from the Caribbean coast toward the United States, officials said.As authorities closed in on his smuggling operation earlier this year,...

Jamaliah Yacab, 24, and Maryati Sipon, 27, faced a capital charge as the amount of heroin came to 16.53g.

Jamaliah Yacab, 24, and Maryati Sipon, 27, faced a capital charge as the amount of heroin came to 16.53g. FOR $300 each, two women risked their lives to help smuggle in 2.5kg of heroin-laced powder. The prosecution amended the charge to trafficking at least 14.99g of heroin and they pleaded guilty on Monday. The court was not told why the amount of heroin was reduced. Anyone convicted of trafficking...

Saudi judge named Hamad Salim bin Naif had been arrested in the Gulf emirate on charges of possessing and using drugs.

Saudi judge named Hamad Salim bin Naif, who served as head of an Islamic court, had been arrested in the Gulf emirate on charges of possessing and using drugs.The ministry, in its first official reaction to the report, said that "none of the judges affiliated to the justice ministry has the name mentioned in this report”."The ministry stated that it has no information about the report published in...

Two British men face jail terms of four years each after being arrested in the tourist hot-spot of Dubai for possessing small quantities of drugs

Two British men face jail terms of four years each after being arrested in the tourist hot-spot of Dubai for possessing small quantities of drugs, the 7Days newspaper reported on Tuesday. The unnamed men are in the twenties and were caught by customs officers at Dubai airport carrying Cocaine and Marijuana.Both men admitted to the charge of possessing illegal narcotics and will be sentenced later...

Australian has been jailed for four years in the Gulf emirate of Dubai

Australian has been jailed for four years in the Gulf emirate of Dubai after being found with 0.55 grams (0.019 ounces) of cannabis and testing positive for the drug, a newspaper reported on Thursday.The 43-year-old, whose name was given only as S.A., was convicted of "possessing and consuming" cannabis. He was arrested at Dubai airport on January 14 after arriving from the Congo, the Khaleej Times...

Ben Yussef Isaac, a tennis trainer was convicted by an Egyptian court for five years and a fine of 10,000 pounds ($2000) after he was arrested

Ben Yussef Isaac, a tennis trainer was convicted by an Egyptian court for five years and a fine of 10,000 pounds ($2000) after he was arrested at the Movenpick Resort Taba Hotel by hotel security personnel who discovered 500 grams of hashish in his bag."We routinely check foreign visitors and nationals who come here because incidents of smuggling are numerous," a security official, who did not disclose...

Timothy Rutherford who worked as a civil contractor with British forces in southern Iraq was arrested last September while crossing into Kuwait

Timothy Rutherford British expat was sentenced to life in jail Sunday by Kuwait's criminal court after he was caught smuggling hashish and alcohol into the oil-rich emirate from neighboring Iraq in the latest case of drug trafficking that suggests a surge in abuse of illicit stimulants in the Arab world at large.Timothy Rutherford who worked as a civil contractor with British forces in southern Iraq...

Rolondo Guzman, 36, pleaded not guilty to four counts of distribution of cocaine

Rolondo Guzman, 36, pleaded not guilty to four counts of distribution of cocaine, the day after Salem police arrested him following a two-week investigation.Police Detective William Jennings began investigating after getting a tip that two drug dealers, "Willie" and "Nick," had recently started doing business in the city, prosecutor Caleb Weiner said. An undercover officer arranged to meet "Nick"...

Dale Markle, 27, of Washington, was arrested on Thursday, April 9, and charged with possession of cocaine

Dale Markle, 27, of Washington, was arrested on Thursday, April 9, and charged with possession of cocaine after police found several vials of the drug in his car, which was parked at police headquarters. Markle had come to police headquarters at about 7:20 p.m. to turn himself in on a $145 warrant that originated out of Clinton Township, police said. While Markle was inside posting bail, Patrolman...

Timothy Williams, 38, and Melinore Fair, 57, were arrested

Two Miami men were arrested after detectives say they seized more than 12 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop.On Thursday at approximately 7:03 p.m., members of the Lee County Sheriff's Office Special Investigations Division conducted a traffic stop on a black Ford Taurus traveling on I-75 near...

charged Phillip L. Brewer, 27, and Christopher D. Brewer with possession with intent to distribute cocaine

charged Phillip L. Brewer, 27, of the 22000 block of Coverdale Road near Bridgeville, and Christopher D. Brewer, 22, of Webbs Lane in Dover, with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, possession with intent to distribute prescription pills, maintaining a dwelling for drug sales...

Donald Lyons, a high-level cocaine trafficker tied to the Independent Soldiers street gang.

Lyons was caught on secret video and audiotape giving a kilogram of cocaine to career criminal turned secret agent Scotty "Taz" Robertson during a meeting inside a Kelowna hotel room. He was also implicated in various phone taps against other accused as being a major supplier of cocaine to Manitoba.His carefree world came crashing down 15 months ago in an undercover Winnipeg police sting. Now he’s...

Kathleen Ann Elisabeth, 31, and Christa Mary, 30, were arrested in February on the island of Lombok. They remain in police custody.

Kathleen Ann Elisabeth, 31, and Christa Mary, 30, were arrested in February on the island of Lombok. They remain in police custody.“The two women were arrested in February while they were smoking cannabis,” Central Lombok police chief Suryanto told AFP.The two kindergarten teachers went to Indonesia on their winter break. They were found to be in possession of 3.6 grams of cannabis when they were...

one of the suspects, surnamed Chen, purchased the heroin in Thailand and hid it in the wall of a specially made 20-kilogram iron barrel

Two individuals have been arrested for allegedly smuggling 4,705 grams of heroin into Taiwan, police in Kaohsiung announced Saturday.Police said one of the suspects, surnamed Chen, purchased the heroin in Thailand and hid it in the wall of a specially made 20-kilogram iron barrel to skirt its detection by X-ray machines.Chen also tightly sealed the lid of the barrel with wax and covered it in butter...

Mohsen Youssefinejad was convicted by a jury in February of two drug-related felonies for receiving 14 pounds of the drug via mail

Mohsen Youssefinejad was convicted by a jury in February of two drug-related felonies for receiving 14 pounds of the drug via mail to his Santa Ana business.The Lake Forest man has been sentenced to four years in prison for smuggling $3 million worth of opium that was concealed in hollow wooden picture frames. Customs officials found the drug stuffed into decorative frames in New York, but monitored...

Jason Richards along with his accomplices Jonathon Reed, 31, Ryan Sweeny, 27, from Milton Road, Wellingborough and Andrew Martin, 31,pleaded guilty

Jason Richards ,St Ives Road, Wyken on August 13 last year and arrested the 37-year-old.The raid was one of ten co-ordinated police strikes to take place across the UK.Other raids took place in Northamptonshire, Southampton, London and Buckinghamshire and three further arrests were made.They came as the result of a ten-week long police investigation into the supply of cannabis by the criminal gang....

David Hernandez of Logansport guilty of a class A felony charge of dealing in cocaine.

29-year-old David Hernandez of Logansport guilty of a class A felony charge of dealing in cocaine. He sentenced Hernandez to the maximum permitted under the plea agreement.Hernandez and his wife, 22-year-old Siomara Figueroa, were among five people arrested in October in a raid on two homes led by the Cass County Drug Task Force. All five were charged with class A felonies carrying a sentence of up...